Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. #1 Ageism is the discrimination against older people, and it is pervasive in American society. It is a combination of prejudicial attitudes towards older people, old age, and aging itself. #2 As modernity took root in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, older members of society were reduced to a status of social inferiority. The young United States was a gerontocracy, where older...

Ashton Applewhite's frank, eye-opening, funny and wise manifesto blowing up Ageist stereotypes everywhere from boardroom bias to sex in the bedroom.

Before the baby arrives a couple orders a rocking chair, and as the family grows and changes, the rocking chair is always there, a center of love and continuity. "In this heartfelt celebration of family, award winners Leo & Diane Dillon remind us of the precious bonds that hold us close - throughout our lives and for generations to come."--Back cover.

One of the most visited places in North America, Grand Canyon National Park is like an open window to Earth's geologic history. The carving of the canyon's walls by erosion left a cross-section of the Earth's crust from millions and millions of years ago. See for yourself how grand and beautiful this gorgeous gorge really is.

The twelve kids in the seventh grade at Fawn Creek K-12 have been together all their lives so when graceful Orchid Mason arrives, with exotic clothes and glorious hair, the other seventh graders do not know what to think.

Tables, chairs and other forms of furniture rely heavily on mortise and tenon joinery. From scaling the joinery to suit your project to producing a perfectly fitting joint, this class will give you everything you need to know about the mortise and tenon joint, along with many great tips for making rock solid furniture, including edge-to-edge glue-ups for table tops, leg tapering and more.

In Dearly, Margaret Atwood's first collection of poetry in over a decade, Atwood addresses themes such as love, loss, the passage of time, the nature of nature and - zombies. Her new poetry is introspective and personal in tone, but wide-ranging in topic. In poem after poem, she casts her unique imagination and unyielding, observant eye over the landscape of a life carefully and intuitively lived. While many are familiar with Margaret Atwood's fiction--including...

For mothers, lactation consultants, nurses, midwives, childbirth educators, WIC breastfeeding counselors, and others who work with breastfeeding mothers.. This 28-minute DVD introduces laid-back positions that help mothers breastfeed in greater comfort and enjoy their babies more. In the past, postpartum mothers were instructed to breastfeed lying on their side or sitting up with baby supported by a pillow. This worked for some mothers but many found...

"Say goodnight to long, feathered hair and beanbag chairs, kung fu champs and lava lamps, tube socks ant Pet Rocks. This playful parody of Goodnight Moon is a retro-rhyming ride back to a simpler and groovier time. Can you dig it?"--Provided by publisher